Issue #2025-21 Leading Through Fog: What to Do Instead of Slamming the Brakes in Uncertainty Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. When the road ahead gets foggy, most leaders instinctively hit the brakes. But recently, I was invited to do the opposite—to help a room of over 50 business leaders keep moving through the haze. I was asked to lead an open-strategy session for an...
14 days ago • 11 min read
Issue #2025-20 Freedom By Design: What it Really Means to Be Free In, From, and Because Of Your Business Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. We’re kicking off something exciting here at Paper Napkin Wisdom — the launch of a brand-new series that takes us deep into one of the most important conversations for entrepreneurs today: freedom. I’m thrilled to be joined by business...
19 days ago • 11 min read
Issue #2025-19 How Leaders Can Set Boundaries Without Burning Bridges or Themselves Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. A few weeks ago, someone kept coming at me — again and again — trying to pull me into a battle I didn’t want. It wasn’t personal (at first), but it was persistent. And eventually, it crossed the line from difficult to disrespectful. I could feel the adrenaline...
28 days ago • 11 min read
Issue #2025-18 The Courage to Converse: How Great Leaders Embrace Disagreement Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. Every week I gather feedback from you, our Wisdom Weekly Crew, and there has been a lot of you asking for the Wisdom Weekly to appear earlier in the day on Sunday. So, after much discussion, we're making the change! Now, you can enjoy the Paper Napkin Wisdom Weekly...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
Issue #2025-17 Why Some Win, Some Fade, and How to Change the Game Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. Every week I gather feedback from you, our Wisdom Weekly Crew, and there has been a lot of you asking for the Wisdom Weekly to appear earlier in the day on Sunday. So, after much discussion, we're making the change! Now, you can enjoy the Paper Napkin Wisdom Weekly with your...
about 1 month ago • 10 min read
Issue #2025-16 Why (And How) Smart Leaders Change Their Minds Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. In this week's Paper Napkin Wisdom Weekly: TL:DR Paper Napkin Wisdom Preview The Courage to Pivot: Why Leaders Must Embrace Changing Their Minds Focus - Align - Act: The Leadership Advantage of Changing Your Mind Two Blueprints, Need One? Week in Review Let’s Grow This Together...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
Issue #2025-15 Curating Your Inner Circle Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. Thanks to your feedback, we’re now offering a TL;DR summary—so if you're short on time, start there to get the gist. But if you’re ready to dive deeper, keep reading for the full insights, stories, and wisdom that make Paper Napkin Wisdom what it is! TL;DR – Summary of Curating Your Circle What do a...
about 2 months ago • 13 min read
Issue #2025-14 Love, Leadership, and Silverbacks Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. Thanks to your feedback, we’re now offering a TL;DR summary—so if you're short on time, start there to get the gist. But if you’re ready to dive deeper, keep reading for the full insights, stories, and wisdom that make Paper Napkin Wisdom what it is! TL;DR – Summary of Leading with Love What do...
2 months ago • 11 min read
Issue #2025-13 Did You Forget Your Brain? Happy Sunday Reader! We often share your insights with our community, and this update will keep you informed about how your wisdom is inspiring others. Thanks to your feedback, we’re now offering a TL;DR summary—so if you're short on time, start there to get the gist. But if you’re ready to dive deeper, keep reading for the full insights, stories, and wisdom that make Paper Napkin Wisdom what it is! TL;DR – Summary of the Your Brain and Business The...
2 months ago • 14 min read